MIDLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESS RELEASES

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Current Press Releases
Press Releases 2008	Press Releases 2009

January 2008 - January 2009 • Governor’s Residence Artists Program Aug. 2008 - July 2009 (pdf 78k) • Local Residents Vie for Title of “Maestro” for MSO Fundraiser (pdf 81k) • Nominations Sought for Kendall/Pelton Musician of the Year Award (pdf 100k) • New Theatre & Music Classes Offered at MCFTA (pdf 96k) • MATRIX:MIDLAND Cinema Announces Fall 2008 Schedule (pdf 129k) • Fireside Chats beginning Sept. 15 - May 18, 2009 (pdf 92k) • MCFTA Announces 2007-08 Community Theatre Award Winners (pdf 111k) • Music and Theatre Audition Schedule for 2008-09 Season (pdf 78k) • 2008 Highhill Scholarship Winners Announced (pdf 95k) • MSO 2008-09 Season: “Hear the Excitement” (pdf 143k) • Midland Symphony Orchestra’s New Conductor Announced (pdf 116k) • Theatre Guild 2008-08 Season Announcement, Subscriptions on Sale Now! (pdf 33k) • Music Society 2008-08 Season Announcement, Subscriptions on Sale Now! (pdf 104k) • The Midland Rotary Club Foundation Funds Educational Components (pdf 101k) • Midland Center for the Arts Current Offerings Breaking Attendance Records (pdf 127k) • Funding Received by MCFTA to Help Local Schools Attend China Exhibit (pdf 82k) • MSO “Maestro Wannabe” Winner Announced (pdf 112k) • Midland Center for the Arts Announces New Staff Members (PDF 107k) • New Series of Music and Theatre Classes for All Ages at MCFTA (PDF 119k) • Theatre Guild Renames Award to Honor Midland Family's Dedication (PDF 103k) • MCHS Historical Society Issues Call for American Craft Artists (PDF 78k) To the Top December 2009 Exhibitions • ABDM: Celebrate the Opening of GROSSOLOGY: The Impolite Science of the Human Body, Jan. 26 - April 27 (pdf 122k) • ABDM: Chinese Terracotta Warriors Arrive in Midland! Jan. 20 - April 13 (pdf 174k) • MCHS: Midland African-American Pioneers: Legacy for a New Generation, Jan. 23 - March 2 (pdf 174k) • ABDM: Wanxin Zhang: Modern Day Warriors, Jan. 20 - March 30 (pdf 96k) • ABDM: Age of Armor from the Higgins Armory Museum, Jan. 12 - March 30 (pdf 90k) To the Top Feb. 2008 Events • Hot on Broadway Cabaret Feb. 22-24 (pdf 100k) • Olivia! The Female Version of Oliver! Feb. 14-17 (pdf 109k) • Ralph's World! Feb. 10 (pdf 107k) • Singer Marc Cohn, with Amy Correia Feb. 9 (pdf 110k) To the Top March 2008 Exhibitions • MCHS: Quilts Galore! Sisters in Stitches March 5-April 13 (pdf 123k) Events • Madama Butterfly, April 11 (pdf 50k) • Men of Music Spring Show, April 11 & 12 (pdf 34k) • Students - Unique Chinese Cultural Experience, March 24, 25 (pdf 84k) • Chinese Performing Troupe at MCFTA March 26 (pdf 82k) • MSO: Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow, piano March 1 (pdf 133k) • The Heiress March 7-15 (pdf 108k) • Les MiZ & More! March 15 (pdf 101k) To the Top April 2008 Exhibitions • ABDM: Carousels: Art & Science in Motion, April 12-July 13 (pdf 103k) Events • Camelot, April 26, 27 & May 3 (pdf 126k) • Incorruptible, May 2-10 (pdf 101k) To the Top May 2008 Exhibitions • MCHS: Welcome Home Brother, Welcome Home, May 22-June 22 (pdf 93k) • ABDM: Jun Kaneko, May 31-Aug. 10 (pdf 94k) • ABDM: ZAP, Surgery Beyond the Cutting Edge, May 31-Aug. 31 (pdf 96k) • MCHS: Great Lakes Titanics: Shipwrecks on the Inland Seas, May 17-Aug. 31 (pdf 103k) Events • Rissi Palmer May 30 (pdf 119k) • Meet Constance Ramos May 29 (pdf 106k) • Bernadette Peters May 28 (pdf 126k) • Summer Art Fair June 7-8 (pdf 97k) To the Top June 2008 Events • Mad Hatter Tea Party, July 13 (pdf 90k) • Camerata Singers: “Coming Home”, June 8 (pdf 74k) • Children's Cheering Carpet, June 13-15 (pdf 42k) • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, June 12-15 (pdf 98k) • Dream Engine, June 12-15 (pdf 41k) • Rhythm and Blues Singer Amos Lee, June 12 (pdf 112k) • Chef's Table at the "H" Hotel June 9 (pdf 124k) • Camerata Singers - June 8 (pdf 34k) • J. Craig Venter – Our Genomic Future, June 4 (pdf 112k) • Jeffrey Toobin – Politics, Media and the Law, June 2 (pdf 114k) To the Top July 2008 Exhibitions • ABDM: Fashion in Film: Period Costumes for the Screen, Aug. 2- Sept. 28 (pdf 118k) • ABDM: Jun Kaneko On Display on Park Avenue in New York City…and at MCFTA through Aug. 10 (pdf 89k) Events • Whose Live Anyway? Sept. 19 (pdf 115k) • Comedy You Can't Take it With You July 31, Aug. 1-2 (pdf 108k) To the Top August 2008 Exhibitions • Flushed with Pride - An Exhibit of Water and Waste Treatment, Aug. 27-Sept. 11 (pdf 62k) Events • Victorian Funeral & Cemetery Tour and Tea: “The Civil War as Never Before”, Sept. 13 (pdf 94k) • MSO Music Appreciation Series, Sept. 17 (pdf 104k) • Family Discovery Days, begins Sept. 13 (pdf 109k) • Open Auditions: Scrooge the Musical, Sept. 26-27 (pdf 114k) • MCFTA Hosts “Salute to the Arts Night” at Dow Diamond Aug. 14 (pdf 93k) • MCHS Ice Cream Social Aug. 18 (pdf 80k) To the Top September 2008 Exhibitions • ABDM: Gerhardt Knodel Textiles, Sept. 13-Nov.16 (pdf 115k) Events • Historic Halloween, Oct. 18 (pdf 79k) • Antique Society Meetings through May, 2009 (pdf 91k) • Comedy "Singin' in the Rain", Oct. 11, 12, 17 (pdf 104k) • MSO Season Opener with Anton Kuerti, piano, Sept. 27 (pdf 125k) • Comedy "The Foreigner!", Sept. 26, 27, 28 & Oct. 2, 3 & 4 (pdf 109k) • Midland Symphony Orchestra Co-Hosts Gala Event, Sept. 20 (pdf 108k) To the Top October 2008 Exhibitions • ABDM: 48th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Oct. 18, 2008 -Jan.4, 2009 (pdf 111k) • MCHS: Pinball Wizards Exhibition through Jan. 4, 2009 (pdf 98k) Events • To Kill a Mockingbird Nov. 7-15 (pdf 101k) • Miniature Village Set Up Class, Nov. 15(pdf 94k) • Heritage Series: Dollar-A-Day Boys, Nov. 11 (pdf 105k) • “Ye Olde Scrooge Make-A-Lots”, Nov. 1, 6, 9, and Dec. 7 (pdf 105k) • Fireside Chat: Centennial Farms of Midland County, Nov. 17 (pdf 80k) • Family Discovery Day: Gingerbread Houses, Nov. 15 (pdf 91k) • Rutter's Mass of the Children, Nov. 16 (pdf 103k) • 2nd Annual International Jewelry Show, Oct. 31-Nov.1 (pdf 78k) • Rhythm & Rhyme, with Svet Stoyanov, percussion, Nov. 1 (pdf 118k) • MATRIX:MIDLAND Cinema, Flight of the Red Balloon, Oct. 16, 18, 19 (pdf 101k) • Auditions: Almost Maine, Nov. 9 and 10 (pdf 95k) • Fireside Chats: Centennial Farms of Midland County, Oct. 20 (pdf 81k) • Vintage Evening: Wines in the Gallery, A Gourmet's Paradise, Oct. 30 (pdf 122k) • Halloween Spooktacular - The Composer is Dead, Oct. 25 (pdf 97k) • Tunes for Tots - Halloween Bone Boogie, Oct. 20 (pdf 135k) • Soweto Gospell Choir, Oct. 18 (pdf 111k) To the Top November 2008 Exhibitions • Rodin: In His Own Words – Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, Dec. 13, 2008 - Feb. 22, 2009 (pdf 118k) • Blue’s Christmas Village, Nov. 25, 2008 - Jan. 4, 2009 (pdf 94k) Events • Family Discovery Day: Reaching for Rodin, Dec. 13 (pdf 89k) • Musician of the Year to be Announced at MSO Concert, Dec. 6 (pdf 79k) • Music Society's Family Holiday Concert, Dec. 14 (pdf 74k) • Music Society's Candlelight Concert, Dec. 13 (pdf 85k) • Music Society's Youth Honors Choral Program: “Holiday Celebration!”, Dec. 10 (pdf 86k) • Lecture and Opening Reception for “Rodin: In His Own Words – Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation” and Museum School Student and Faculty Exhibitions, Dec. 13, 2008 (pdf 93k) • Christmas with the Cratchits, Dec. 13 (pdf 94k) • Extended December Hours Announced at History Center, Dec. 4, 11, 18 (pdf 78k) • Handel’s Messiah, Dec. 6 (pdf 150k) • Midland County Historical Society’s December Fireside Chat, Dec. 15 (pdf 78k) • MATRIX:MIDLAND Cinema presents Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 Nov, 21, 22, 23 (pdf 125k) • Winter Classes 2009, Registration opens Dec. 9 (pdf 70k) • Theatre Guild Adds 2nd Matinee for “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Nov. 16 (pdf 116k) • Holiday Art Fair, Nov. 21 and 22 (pdf 128k) • MATRIX:MIDLAND Cinema presents Still Life Nov. 7, 8, and 9 (pdf 99k) • Winter Break Day Camps, Dec. 22, 23, 29 and 30 (pdf 80k) • Volunteering at Midland Center for the Arts, Nov. 9, 11, Feb. 8, 10, Aug. 9, 11 (pdf 122k) • TUNES FOR TOTS SERIES – “Bassoon Tunes”, Nov. 19 (pdf 101k) • Open Auditions for As Bees In Honey Drown, Dec. 1 & 2 (pdf 96k) To the Top December 2008 Exhibitions • Pure MotorcylcesPure: Motorcycles from Mid-West Collectors, Jan. 17 through March 29 (pdf 96k) • Museum School Faculty & Student Exhibition, through Jan. 4 (pdf 93k) Events • KeyboardFest 2009, Jan. 10, 2009 (pdf 87k) • Auditions for Music Society Chorale, Jan. 4, 2009 (pdf 99k) • Auditions for “Mother Goose Is Eaten by Werewolves” & Audition Tips Classes, Jan. 9 & 10, 2009 (pdf 101k) • "Scrapbooking" Workshop, Jan. 17, 2009 (pdf 96k) • "Write Your Life!" Workshop, Jan. 13-15, 2009 (pdf 94k) • Scrooge! The Musical, Dec. 19, 20, 21 (pdf 122k) • An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, Feb. 21 (pdf 109k) To the Top January 2009 Exhibitions • ‘Legacy for a New Generation: The African American Youth Experience in Midland’, Jan. 21 - March 15, 2009 (pdf 105k) Events • MSO Concert: “An Evening of Romance” with Judith Ingolfsson, violin, Feb. 14, 2009 (pdf 123k) • MS Concert: Art Songs of Schubert & Schumann, Jan. 24 & 25, 2009 (pdf 86k) • Family Discovery Day: Lively Lizards and Snakes, Jan. 10, 2009 (pdf 91k) • MSO Music Appreciation Series, Jan. 28, 2009 (pdf 103k) • Fireside Chat, Jan. 19, 2009 (pdf 84k) • Tunes For Tots: Bassoon Tunes, Jan. 21, 2009 (pdf 141k) To the Top